tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post445497314965400857..comments2023-09-24T08:05:04.868-04:00Comments on The Pilgrim Underground: Wicked Experiments in GuatemalaProtoprotestanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-70235412920198255332017-04-23T16:36:07.494-04:002017-04-23T16:36:07.494-04:00Thanks for sharing this Slate article. This was de...Thanks for sharing this Slate article. This was deeply disturbing, but enlightening. Over the past couple of days, I was thinking of the American coverage of the supposed chemical warfare Assad is using against his own people. For anyone knowing even a little bit of what is happening on the ground in Syria, and with a little bit of common sense, the likelihood of Assad using these missiles borders on the absurd. But what do we hear: No, he obviously used them, because he's a bad guy and bad guys do bad things. There's an implied sense that brown people are just savage and irrationally brutal, even though, surprise, the US has everything to gain, especially the increasingly vocal pro-war faction of the deep-state. And after thinking about this, I thought, wow, I basically live in a rogue terrorist state.<br /><br />I'm not saying this as if the above was some actual turning point in US policy, but it just dawned on me even more how insane this all is. It's so powerful and secure that writing a stupid comment on the internet is nothing, the people are all behind the war drums of the corporate media, and its global military-corporate-banking complex. I think you said somewhere Goebbels' jaw would literally be on the floor in awe of the American media apparatus. It has ascended to a level of propaganda that defies anything he would ever accomplish. And it's incredibly true. We, as a nation, are basically erecting a throne built on blood and bone, encircled with the cacophonous symphony of the Earth groaning and crying beneath our boot, and the only thing we care about is whether the empire should wear the rainbow colored cape of a sodomite or not.<br /><br />Thanks again for all your work. It's a constant reminder that I live in a country that is the haunt of every foul bird and unclean spirit; or so it seems, there's perhaps yet greater iniquity to fill up on.<br /><br />calCal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.com